Sue Casey
May 08, 1948 - May 16, 2011
Born and raised in Seattle in Beacon Hill with parents Bill and Beulah Watson and four younger siblings Jim, Denny, Bill, and Patty.
She graduated from Cleveland High School in 1966 and attended Central Washington University to get her teaching certificate.
After getting laid-off from her first teaching position at what she called “Bodunk” town of McClearly, she pursued a job offer at the Port of Seattle in 1972. She got the job after passing the typing test with flying colors. Within the course of 10 years at the Port of Seattle she worked her way up from assistant, to employment interviewer, to manager of the department in Human Resources, while earning a BA in Language Arts. In that 10 year span she received a 10 year service award from the executive Director of the Port of Seattle.
She went on to retiring as Director of Human Resources in 2000 and began her life-long/fulltime career as a wife on February 17, 1990 when she married husband of 21 years, Jerry Casey and became mother of two when Shannon and Ian were born in 1990 and 1995.
Who was Sue, Really…?
• “Worry wart”
• Kind and compassionate
• “Bargain hunter”
• (Brutally) honest
• The “huggler”
• CHOCO-holic
• Elvis fan
• The ORIGINAL “grammar Queen”
• Loved the swing ride and scrambler
• “The Cowboy” (Jerry Andle) fan
• The Traveler
• City girl
• “Go-getter”
• “I know how to swim…I just can’t do it”
• Does anything for anybody
• Loved to dance with dad
• Best: friend, mom, aunt, wife
• Wise
• Great pep-talker
• No-nonsense
• Socializer
• “hand-talker”
• Fair and understanding
• Translator (when someone must know what she wrote)
• Editor of all school papers and projects
• “Are you really gonna wear that?” fashion critic
• Enthusiastic
• Supported: Research and fundraisers for Type 1 Diabetes, ADHD, and cancer
Funeral Information
A celebration of Sue's life will be held at 2:30 PM on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood. Sue would not have wanted you to wear black, (or yellow,) but blue was her favorite color.
Donations Information
All expressions of condolence are welcome. Memorial contributions in Sue's honor can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or the cancer research organization of the your choice.